Christopher Shays: the section that provides it, that it would be treated as alone. this amendment is not being allowed on the floor today. why not? why not have a debate about a whether the iraqis should have

Dennis A. Cardoza: to pay for their own expenditures for their own security when they have amassed over $40 billion in a separate fund that they are not spending and they have over $15 billion in their checking

Dennis A. Cardoza: account, which continues to grow each and every day? why wasn't that amendment allowed? there' s a simple reason. it would have passed. what a fraud to say you want iraqis to pay and o you

Dennis A. Cardoza: won't even allow an amendment to be offered on the floor of the house that would do that. mr. chairman, i just -- mr. speaker -- excuse me -- there is no reason not to have allowed that debate.

Dennis A. Cardoza: there is no reason not to have had some education about the llars that the iraqis have that they're not spending. this is not a bipartisan debate. this is a partisan debate. anything

Dennis A. Cardoza: to deal with iraq if you have republicans who want to be part of the solution, you say no why. it's just going to be our way or the highway. i oppose this rule. it is a fraud to say it's

Dennis A. Cardoza: bipartisan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. cardoza: thank you, mr. speaker. i just want to commend the gentleman

Dennis A. Cardoza: from maryland for giving us an incredibly articulate, accurate and st atesman-like presentation. and i would like to continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the

Jeff Flake: gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: for purpose of a unanimous consent, i yield to the gentleman from georgia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. broun: i ask unanimous